Non-refillable bottle.



E. CORRETTI.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I. I914. 1,147,004. Patented July 20, 1915.

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EMILIO oonnnr'ri, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July so, 1915.

Application filed April 1, 1914. Serial No. 828,656.

To all whom it mag 0012061 01, 1

Be it known that l, EMILIO ConRnT'rI, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification. I

The object of my invention is to aflord a simple but effective valvular appliance for the neck of a bottle or other liquid holder, which will allowthe free and unrestricted discharge of the fluid therefrom, but which will positively prevent the re-introduction of a liquid,even though-the bottle be immersed and inverted (orpartly so) in a liquid designed to' replacethat withdrawn from the receptacle.

I am aware that numerous contrivances have been devised for the purposeof preventing there-filling of bottles, &c., with a liquid, but heretofore I have been unable to find or devise a device that would eifectually'stand the test of immersion, and it is theparticular aim of this invention to ob viate this difficulty, and-to afford an absolutely reliable original package? safeguard adapted to the requirements of commercial use. a

The invention consists in the specific construction and arrangement of parts herein described and claimed, a distinctive feature being the use of a sealing valve provided with a float which insures the seating of the valve and the sealing of the package when immersed in a liquid, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure l, is a sectional elevation of a bottle stopper showing the practical application of my invention in simple form Fig. 2, shows the same immersed in a liquid at an angle of Fig. 3, a similar view showing the neck of the bottle inverted .in the immersing liquid; Fig. l, is a sectional elevation of a modification in which an auxiliary flap valve is used in conjunction with my float valve; Fig. 5, is a top view of the float valve; Fig. 6, an elevation of the float valve showing the float in section; Fig. 7 ,is a section taken upon plane of line 77 Fig. 6, looking to ward the float;- Fig. 8, is a sectional elevation of the float valve, showing the provision of a hollow float.

The main novelty in my improved nonrefillable bottle stopper appliance being the floatvalve e,which insures the sealing of the valve seat 8, even when the bottle is wholly or partly inverted and its neck wholly or partially immersed in a liquid, it is obvious that the other details of construction and arrangement of parts of the stopper maybe varied and modified without departing from the spirit and intent of my invention in this respect. Hence, while'l herein show and describe the embodiment of the idea in an operative manner, the practical success of which I have demonstrated, I do not wish to limit myself to the identical configuration or assembly of parts.

With this understanding a, may be designated as the valve seat section of the stopper; 6, as the intermediate or cage section, and 0, asthe outer or discharge port section. These sections fit the interior of the neck a, of the bottle, or other liquid receptacle, snugly, and maybe cemented therein, or positively locked therein, in any manner found most expedient, as, for instance by a spring bolt 0, consisting of an annular metallic wire or equivalent seated in an annular groove or recess 0 in the discharge port section 0, said bolt 0, expanding into the annular groove 11/, in the neck a, of the bottle when the two said annular grooves 0 n, are brought into coincidence, and thereby positively securing all three sections a, 7), 0, in position within the neck a, of the bottle.

v The outer or discharge port section 0, is

formed with a screw nipple c closed normally by a screw cap (Z; and all three sections a, b, c, are preferably although not necessarily madeof. glass, and may be positioned within the neck a, by. an annular internal shoulder a against which ,the valve seat section a, may rest,said shoulder 11?, acting in conjunction with the annular spring bolt 0, in maintaining the contact and relative positions of the sections a, b. 0,

as will readily be seen by reference to the drawings.

The intermediate or, cage section b, is formed with a port turret Z), having the solid central roof or disk 6 protecting the port opening 6 and also with the lateral flow openings b ,the disk 5 as will be seen, being interposed betweenthe nipple c and said intermediate port 6 so as to protect the valve chamber 0, and valve 1;,

against the intrusion of wires or other extraneous objects that might otherwlse be employed to tamper with the valve '0.

The valve chamber '0, is formed in the lower portion of the intermediate section b, and the upper portion of-the valve section a, the internal surface of the latter being curved convergently into the valve seat proper s, so as to guide the valve gently and accurately to said seat during the act of closing.

The valve o, is formed with a pendent stem 0 to which is secured a float f, of cork or any substance of lighter specific gravity than the liquid involved; or a hollow float f, (Fig. 8,) of celluloid, aluminum or other suitable material may obviously be substituted for the cork with like result,provided it has the requisite displacement or lifting capacity,the whole object of the use of the pendent float f, being to afford means for automatically closing the valve o, and sustaining it in closed position when the neck n, of the bottle is inverted and immersed in a liquid, presuming the cap cl, to be removed from the nipple 0 so that the immersion liquid can rise through the sections 0, b, a.

During the pouring of liquid from the bottle by the inclination of the latter in the usual way, the valve 1), will of course open with the flow of liquid discharge, bringing the float f, against the valve section a, and for this reason the float 7", is formed with the grooves or recesses f which facilitate the flow of liquid through the seat 8. During the return of the bottle to an upright position, or approximately so, the curved convergent side walls a, a, of the valve chamber 1), guide the valve to its seat, thereby preventing the introduction of a liquid through the stopper, into the bottle when in an upright position. Incidentally it may be noted in this connection that the float f, acts as a counter-weight or plumb to aid in the seatingof the valve 1:, and the maintenance of the seal when the neck of the bottle is above the horizontal line. When the bottle is reversed or inverted, and the neck and more or less of the bottle immersed in a liquid, provided the cap (Z, is off and the bottle is empty, the inward flow of a comparatively small quantity. ofliquid will cause the float f, to close the valve seat 8, by raisingthe valve thereto, as shown in Figs. 2, and 3, thereby preventing further ingress of liquid and limiting the amount thus introduced to that sufficient to thus float the valve,-an amount insuflicient to be of any practical importance in a commercial sense. When the neck of the bottle is with drawn from immersion the valve 4), will again be free to perform its usual function as a gravity valve as illustrated in Figs. 1, and 4; but as long as immersed and contains a quantity of liquid suflicient to lift the float f, the valve 4;, will perform the functions of a float valve as in Figs. 2, and 3.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4:, a flap valve 6, preferably of flexible material, is shown as interposed between the valve chamber Q), and the turret port 6 for the purpose of still further isolating and protecting the float valve 21, against possible efforts to tamper therewith for purpose of disarrangement &c. I

It will thus be seen that by my invention I am enabled to effectually safeguard an original package against the possibility of refilling with an inferior or any liquid by the immersion of the package therein in whole or in part,a method heretofore suc cessfully resorted to in the'past.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

The combination with a. bottle neck having-an internal shoulder, of a valve seat section engaging said shoulder and having a chamber, a discharge port section, an intermediate section having a chamber forming a continuation of the chamber of the valve seat section and an integral port turret extending into the chamber of the discharge port' section and having a central opening and a solid cap with intermediate lateral ports, a valve within the chamber of the valve seat section fitted to a seat therein, means for locking the discharge port section within the neck of the bottle, and a float depending from said valve.

- EMILIO CORRETTI. Witnesses: f .7

GEO. WM. MIATT, DOROTHY MIATT.

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